---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES"
description: "Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2021"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2021 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c98b2bc-4b38-4349-9a3c-ee3e34103699"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b596c6c796a0b753c563e37f31adb67baa0c0d2a849b43cbbc7aaf6dcff171c8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 2021 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES

Allows individuals employed in domestic service or in or about a private home to be included as an employee, for purposes of minimum wages law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2021.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2024)
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c98b2bc-4b38-4349-9a3c-ee3e34103699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).